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可怕 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • appalling adj Shockingly bad or unpleasant; horrifying.
  • atrocious adjective Extremely cruel, brutal, or shocking.
  • awful adj Very bad or unpleasant.
  • dire adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
  • dreaded adj Feared or anticipated with fear or unease.
  • fearsome adj Frightening, especially in appearance or reputation.
  • frightening adj Causing fear; scary.
  • frightful adj Causing shock, horror, or fear; dreadful.
  • gruesome adj Causing horror or disgust, especially through graphic violence or death.
  • horrible adj Causing horror; extremely unpleasant or shocking.
  • horrific adj Causing horror; extremely frightening or shocking.
  • obnoxious adjective Extremely unpleasant, rude, or annoying.
  • scary adjective Causing fear or unease.
  • terrible adj Very bad or unpleasant.
  • terribly adv Very badly or poorly.

Senses

可怕 is used for these senses in English:

  • appalling Horrifying and astonishing.
  • atrocious Very bad; abominable, disgusting.
  • awful Very bad.
  • dire Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
  • dreaded Causing fear, dread, or terror.
  • execrable Of the poorest quality.
  • fearsome frightening, especially in appearance.
  • frightening Causing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary.

atrocious — full definition

  1. adjective Extremely cruel, brutal, or shocking.
  2. adjective Very bad in quality; appalling.

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